U.S. News and World Reports, in its Spring 2015 issue, ranked Carlynton Junior-Senior High School as a Top 100 High School in Pennsylvania. Based on enrollment, student-to-teacher ratio, proficiency scores on state assessment tests and the participation and achievement rate on advanced placement tests, the school placed 54th out of 673 public, charter and magnet high schools in the Commonwealth, placing it in the top 8 percent.